OET interlinear EXO 32:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ⁠מָּה֩ יֹאמְר֨וּ מִצְרַ֜יִם לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר בְּ⁠רָעָ֤ה הֽוֹצִיאָ⁠ם֙ לַ⁠הֲרֹ֤ג אֹתָ⁠ם֙ בֶּֽ⁠הָרִ֔ים וּ֨⁠לְ⁠כַלֹּתָ֔⁠ם מֵ⁠עַ֖ל פְּנֵ֣י הָֽ⁠אֲדָמָ֑ה

to/for=what say from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))s to=say with,evil he,brought_them_out to,kill DOM=them in,mountains and,to,make,an_end_of_them from=under face/surface_of the=soil

Moses used this question to try to persuade God not to destroy his people. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [If you destroy your people, the Egyptians might say, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from on the face of the ground.’]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

יֹאמְר֨וּ מִצְרַ֜יִם לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר בְּ⁠רָעָ֤ה הֽוֹצִיאָ⁠ם֙ לַ⁠הֲרֹ֤ג אֹתָ⁠ם֙ בֶּֽ⁠הָרִ֔ים וּ֨⁠לְ⁠כַלֹּתָ֔⁠ם מֵ⁠עַ֖ל פְּנֵ֣י הָֽ⁠אֲדָמָ֑ה

say from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))s to=say with,evil he,brought_them_out to,kill DOM=them in,mountains and,to,make,an_end_of_them from=under face/surface_of the=soil

After saying, this is a second-level quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with second-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation within a quotation. However, you may want to translate this as an indirect quotation in order to reduce the layers of quotations in this passage. Alternate translation: [the Egyptians say that you brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from on the face of the ground]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מֵ⁠עַ֖ל פְּנֵ֣י הָֽ⁠אֲדָמָ֑ה

from=under face/surface_of the=soil

Here, face means “surface.” Alternate translation: [from the surface of the land] or [from the earth]

שׁ֚וּב מֵ⁠חֲר֣וֹן אַפֶּ֔⁠ךָ

turn from,the_burning_of your_anger_of,of

Alternate translation: [Stop your burning anger] or [Stop being so angry]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

שׁ֚וּב מֵ⁠חֲר֣וֹן אַפֶּ֔⁠ךָ וְ⁠הִנָּחֵ֥ם עַל־הָ⁠רָעָ֖ה לְ⁠עַמֶּֽ⁠ךָ

turn from,the_burning_of your_anger_of,of and,relent on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,harm to,your_of,people

Here, Yahweh’s anger (burning nose) and plan to punish the people are spoken of as things that he could turn away from and repent of (repentance also means to turn from). This imagery may not translate into your language, and you may need to use a different expression. Alternate translation: [Calm down, and please do not stay determined to do evil to your people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מֵ⁠חֲר֣וֹן אַפֶּ֔⁠ךָ

from,the_burning_of your_anger_of,of

This is an idiom that means anger. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or use plain language. Alternate translation: [from your terrible anger]